Chasmina
Encyclopedia
Chasmina is a genus
of moth
s of the Noctuidae
family.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of moth
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s of the Noctuidae
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae or owlet moths are a family of robustly-built moths that includes more than 35,000 known species out of possibly 100,000 total, in more than 4,200 genera. They constitute the largest family in the Lepidoptera....
family.
Species
- Chasmina alcidamea Druce, 1890
- Chasmina basiflava Holloway, 1979
- Chasmina candidaChasmina candidaChasmina candida is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Indo-Australian tropics east to Fiji.Adults are white and have an unusual concavity along the forewing costa.The larvae have been recorded on Hibiscus tiliaceus.-External links:...
Walker, 1865 - Chasmina coremata Holloway, 1989
- Chasmina fasciculosa Walker, 1858
- Chasmina gracilipalpis Warren, 1912
- Chasmina judicata Walker, 1858
- Chasmina lispodes Turner, 1936
- Chasmina malagasy Viette, 1965
- Chasmina mexicana Draudt, 1927
- Chasmina nigropunctata Bethune-Baker, 1908
- Chasmina pulchra Walker, [1858]
- Chasmina sundana Holloway, 1989
- Chasmina tenuilinea Hampson, 1910
- Chasmina tibialisChasmina tibialisChasmina tibialis is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Africa, Asia and from Australia, New Caledonia and Fiji to central Polynesia.The wingspan is about 40 mm....
Fabricius, 1775 - Chasmina tibiopunctata Bethune-Baker, 1908
- Chasmina verticata Warren, 1913
- Chasmina vestae Guenée, 1852
- Chasmina viridis Robinson, 1975
- Chasmina zonata Walker, 1866